Plowing the past

Work continues on farmer memorial artwork

Brent, left, and Bruce Bitter, show how the steel reins will be welded into place when the farmersâ€™ memorial is finished at 10th and K-96.

It has been a labor of love in more ways than one.This past week, members of the committee that planned a farmers’ memorial for 10th and K-96 in Great Bend, finally got a sneak peak at what the finished product is going to look like. And they were impressed, to say the least.The huge stainless steel artwork — depicting an early-day farmer, plowing with a team of draft horses — is being created by Hoisington artist brothers, Bruce and Brent Bitter, of B&B Metal Arts.It is the inspiration of the late Jiggs Schulz, who was a leading local ...

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